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2001 Petit Le Mans

Sportscar endurance race in Georgia, US

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ4599017 ↗
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The 2001 Audi presents Petit Le Mans was the fourth running of this event. It was the tenth and final round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season as well as the seventh and final round of the 2001 European Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road Atlanta, Georgia, on October 6, 2001.

Official results

Class winners in bold.

† - #33 MSB Motorsport, #3 Corvette Racing, and #37 Intersport Racing were all disqualified during the race for receiving outside assistance while still on the track.

Statistics

Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:10.917

Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:11.907

Distance - 1610.567 km

Average Speed - 173.816 km/h

External links

"Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2005. Retrieved October 28, 2007.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 1610, 2005, 2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Petit, Mans and Sportscar can be independently traced.
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